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Rep. Foxx Calls for Streamlining Regulations and Cutting Spending

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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina, said on Tuesday that one of her priorities for higher education in the new session of Congress would be to question the amount and scope of regulation that the U.S. Education Department applies to

Republican: Add political robocalls to ‘Do Not Call list

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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is ready to take on annoying politicians. Foxx introduced a bill this month directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to apply its Do Not Call Registry to the despised phenomenon that candidates of all stripes have come

Foxx cracks down on abusive political robo-calls

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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today announced that she introduced legislation to crack down on abusive political robo-calls. Her bill, the Robo Calls Off Phones Act (H.R. 116), allows anyone who signs up for the federal government's

Rep. Foxx Looking To Change How Business Is Done In Washington

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Fifth District Congresswoman Virginia Foxx said she and the new Republican Majority in the U.S. House are ready to flex their muscle after they are sworn into office on Wednesday. She said the GOP will take charge of the 112th Congress and make sweeping

Foxx votes to cut congressional budget

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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted to cut congressional budgets by five percent. The vote reduced the operating budgets of House committees, leadership offices, and individual representative offices for 2011 and 2012 by

Foxx sworn in

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U.S. Rep. Viriginia Foxx was sworn in Wednesday as a member of the 112th Congress. But unlike her last two oaths, this one places Foxx back into the majority with her fellow members of the Republican Caucus.

Foxx sworn into office for fourth term

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As the 112th Congress began today Congresswoman Virginia Foxx was sworn into her fourth term as Representative of North Carolina's Fifth Congressional District. In taking the Oath of Office, Foxx swore to "support and defend" the

Foxx named chair of House Higher Education subcommittee

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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today announced her appointment as chairwoman of the House Higher Education Subcommittee. The subcommittee oversees federal policy on U.S. colleges and universities and is part of the House Educat

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